Alexie’s Book To Be Circulated Free

Copies of a controversial book pulled from Meridian School District’s 10 ^th grade supplemental reading list will be handed out to teens at no cost Wednesday. The book, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” will be distributed beginning at 5 p.m. at Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park, 1900 N. Records Ave. in Meridian. More than 300 copies of the book will be available. The books come from a fundraising effort by two Washington State women who were unhappy that the Meridian School District pulled the novel of a teen-age Native American growing up on a reservation. Some parents complained the book was pornographic and filthy. They said the book mentions masturbation, and contains profanity and anti-Christian messages/ Bill Roberts , Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: Isn’t a sure-fire way to ensure that a book is read is to ban it?